Seitz seeking stricter rules for third parties

9:11 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Written by

Chrissie Thompson
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A Cincinnati-area state senator is seeking to make it harder for third parties to get on Ohio ballots, after GOP drama and an inadvertent mistake derailed efforts last week to push through a bill governing the parties.

Republican Sen. Bill Seitz, sponsor of the bill, is leading a committee of six lawmakers tasked with reconciling versions of the legislation that have passed the House and Senate. The House version would have allowed "minor parties" to collect fewer signatures to get on the ballot, and the Senate was poised last week to approve those changes. But an inadvertent mistake in the ...